5.6% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Teal Point · Suburb / Locality
Language in Teal Point
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 1 in 10 people in Teal Point speak little or no English, a figure that is well above both state and national levels. While most of the area is English-speaking, this small gap in English proficiency stands out against a backdrop where very few residents use another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. However, 9.3% of residents speak little or no English, a rate among the highest for similar areas; Cantonese is the most common non-English language, spoken by 9.3% of the population.
9.3% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Teal Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22475/teal-point/topic/language